The loan package, which includes a $6.75 billion, seven-year
term loan B and a $500 million, five-year revolver, will launch
to investors on Monday, well ahead of the likely closing of the
acquisition.

Burger King is backed by private equity firm 3G Capital,
which is its majority shareholder owning 70 percent of the
restaurant chain.

Conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway is also providing $3 billion
of preferred equity financing for the transaction.

The way this deal is being done is starting to bear some
resemblance to another transaction that 3G Capital was involved
in last year.

3G partnered up with Berkshire Hathaway to purchase H.J.
Heinz Co for about $23 billion in a deal that also saw Berkshire
contributing preferred equity.

The Heinz deal was announced on February 14. The loan
package backing the transaction was offered to investors on
March 13. The acquisition finally closed in June.
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